Foot-and-mouth tests return negative
Tests for the foot-and-mouth virus have returned negative from the Pirbright laboratories in Britain.
The samples had been taken from an animal at a Kildare chilling plant and the plant is set to reopen shortly.
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The samples had been taken from an animal at a Kildare chilling plant and the plant is set to reopen shortly.
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